to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)
to look forward to something
stone dust; feldspar dust; limestone powder
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
way of reciting; way of telling a story
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)